Obvious, he believes whatever big brother tells him.
I know, right. Hoppy, did you read where I explained the deflector shield to you?
Yep, he probably saw your pathetic 'deflector' proposition.
He probably also saw your post on another thread, explaining how a man on a skateboard, throwing a medicine ball, is actually being propelled because the medicine ball is pushing on the atmosphere, lol.
The 2 posts combined, have no doubt firmly established in his mind, that YOU have the intellect of a hamster, lol.
Incidentally Yendor, did you never ask yourself why a VERY heavy medicine ball is used in the 'man on skateboard throwing ball' experiment?
Did it never occur to you, that maybe it's the momentum of the object being thrown that causes the man on the skateboard to be propelled in the opposite direction?
But then you actually think that if a beach ball weighing a few ounces, with the same dimensions as the medicine ball, was thrown with the same speed, that it would produce exactly the same propelling force, because it's the same surface area that is pushing off the atmosphere, lol.
That for me, is the clincher, when it comes to your 'hamster' brain, lol.
Please don't stop posting these propositions of yours though, as they are a constant source of amusement and really brighten my day - thanks for that by the way.